fountain pen

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Drawn with a Pilot Falcon SEF fountain pen using Platinum Carbon Black ink and colored with Holbein watercolor.

Playing with colored inks at fountain pen

Test my new Moleskine watercolor sketchbook with different pens. Waves with Pentel brushpen , clouds by Lamy fountain pen and sky in the middle using Unipin

Digital is great -- for composition and color. But for line art? I don't think I can ever give up the fountain pen. This was drawn with a Sailor King of Pen (M) and Sailor 1911L (EF) fountain pens using Pilot Black ink. Yes, sacrilege. Pilot ink in a Sailor. But I have some Kiwa Guro arriving soon!

"Floaty Boat Waves In" -- Another WIP detail shot. You can see the magic of Rebelle in these close up shots... bringing the fountain penned ink to life with color.

New drawing drawn with my Sailor Fresca Tangerine 1911s F fountain pen. Ink = Noodlers Black American Eel. Color coming next.

Drawn with a Sailor/Wancher Turquoise 1911L. The M nib on this pen comes to a sharp point which allows for some line variation not from flex but based on how deep the firm nib digs into the watercolor paper. The Noodlers Black ink is a little dry and that contributes to this effect.

The Right Pen For The Job: Started with a Pilot Custom 742 PO. Finished with my 3776 Century UEF. Ready for color.

​Sketching for a new illustration with my Osprey Pens Milano fountain pen.

Currently exploring image making with fountain pens: immediate mark making, no pencil, no eraser. I'm enjoying the discovery process and embracing the stray mark made with semi-blind contour and continuous line drawings.

Doodle using the Sailor Fude pen.

Inktober 2023 chains

Pen and ink drawing and who doesn't like a pretty girl?

a sketch with an expensive fountain pen and green sailor ink…

Doodling in a sketchbook is very stress-relieving and calming. I recommend it to everyone :) You don't need any artistic skills. All you need is paper and a pen :) Or a sketchbook and a fountain pen with purple ink, as in my case.

Testing my new fountain pen. Haven't used one since I was a teenager

Because...why not?

Fountain pen and waterbrush studies.

Fountain pen and waterbrush studies.

I'm currently doing exercises from DrawABox. Although the header here is: "The Aspiration is just to fill a page. It's not a product. No one has to see it." I will probably end up posting more of these. This is not the same as the graphic journal, which is more about me, my daily activities, etc.

Inktober Prompt: Dig. Shaeffer Tuckaway fountain pen, Hero blue black ink

Inktober Prompt: RIP (I suspect that it was rip=tear, but since Halloween is just around the corner, Rest In Peace seemed a timely prompt :-) Shaeffer Tuckaway fountain pen, Hero blue black ink

Inktober Prompt: Chef. Sheaffer Tuckaway fountain pen, Hero blue black ink

Inktober Prompt: Sleep. Shaeffer Tuckaway fountain pen, Hero blue black ink

Inktober Prompt: Coral. Shaeffer Tuckaway fountain pen, Hero blue black ink